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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet XXIII
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But, when the church was hushed in the night wind,
 And all were gone who might his zeal disclaim,
 Or hinder the firm purpose of his mind,
 A silent man among the tombs he came,
 Stooping to listen if so be some sound
 Of living thing with speech or power to breathe
 Should issuant be from the dark underground,--
 And last to hers. There on that home of death
 He kneeled him down and called aloud to her,
 ``Natalia, O Natalia, my beloved,
 Am I not here thy soul`s petitioner
 Whom thou so lovedst?`` And around him moved
 The phantoms of the night. And the wind`s sigh
 Answered his prayer, ``Beloved, it is I.``
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